Memorial at the site of mass shootings near Lyubuzh (1)
Shootings of ghetto prisoners began as early as 1 October 1941. Before the largest execution, people were placed in the empty workshops and garages of the Strommashina plant (then Dimitrovski Auto Repair Plant) in the city centre, from where the equipment had been evacuated. There, before being killed, the prisoners were searched for weapons and valuables, kept for several days without food, water, and in terrible overcrowding to prevent possible resistance.
To kill people, they were taken to the outskirts of the city, to the well-known places of mass shootings near the villages of Polykovichi, Pashkovo, Lyubuzh (2 graves).
These facts are also confirmed by the testimonies recorded by the Extraordinary commission during the interrogation of witnesses Sofia Yasyutina from the village of Novopashkovo and Maria Polyakova in 1944 (GAMA, f.306, op.1, d.10, l.42-43).
After the massacre of 19 October, Mogilev was considered practically free of Jews, and most of the ghetto created by the "Einsatzkommando-8" was again handed over to the city administration.